Family Court Psychologist Loses Appeal
By Riley Guerin
SAN JOSE - A family court psychologist who filed a lawsuit claiming she was defamed by a group of unhappy litigants was dealt...
Fenwick Lands Brobeck's Account With Cisco
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Fenwick & West has grabbed a prize asset of the failed Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison - the account to ha...
'Eldred' Upholds Extension of Most Copyrights for 20 Years
By Columnist
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Robert H. Sloss - The dispute between owners of copyrighted works and those who beli...
Court to Review Rare Innocence Claims in Capital Cases
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Are there two innocent men on California's death row? The California Supreme Court is intrigued enough by new...
Elder Abuse Bill Limits Secret Deals
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The immediate past chairman of the state Assembly Judiciary Committee introduced a bill Thursday trying to accom...
Fenwick Lands Brobeck's Account With Cisco
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Fenwick & West has grabbed a prize asset of the failed Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison - the account to h...
Keep Lookout for Laws That Govern Employers
By Columnist
Employment Column - By George S. Howard Jr. - As the new year enters its third month, many California law firms are just disco...
High Court Widens Protection for Disabled
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court issued a plaintiff-friendly definition of physical disability Thursday that may r...
Priests' Accusers Press Forward
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - Steven Sanchez and Manuel Vega could hold the key to resolving the pedophilia scandal engulfing the Roman Catho...
Center Helps L.A.'s Poor Gain Access to Health Care
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - When Celia Chavez of Pacoima needed a doctor for her son, she didn't know where to go. Her 18-year old had a lo...
Morgan Lewis Could Face Suit From Former Brobeck Staffers
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius may be hit by a lawsuit by former Brobeck Phleger & Harrison employees who cla...
OK, Runaway Legal Disputes Threaten Viability of L.A. Media Circus
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Here in Los Angeles, lots of people worry and blather tiresomely about so-called "runaway" Hollywood ...
Court to Hear Catalyst Theory
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will decide whether attorneys can be awarded fees if...
Compromise Yields Results at PTO
By Xenia Kobylarz
Reporter's Notebook - By Xenia P. Kobylarz - James Rogan has been drawing mixed reviews following his first year as head of th...
Ousted Judge Loses His Appeal
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - San Joaquin Superior Court Judge Michael E. Platt, who was removed from the bench last August for fixing tick...
Cell Terror
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - Since Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration and the Ashcroft Justice Department have e...
Only Material Misrepresentation Justifies Rescission
By Jennifer Orff
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - In the face of reports of widespread accounting irregularities, "off balanc...
Counties Prevail in Water Pipe Suit
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - An appeals court has upheld a $6.6 million jury verdict against two big chemical manufacturers for damages ca...
Group Honors Easy Company Judge
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Former Army paratrooper Lynn "Buck" Compton downplays "the plaudits and stuff" that he and fellow members of Eas...
Wanted: LAPD Overseer to Fill Lonely Position
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES -It's February 2003 ... Do you know where your LAPD inspector general is? Jeffrey C. Eglash announced Oct. 24 that...
Oppenheimer Loses Leader In IP Practice
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, a 250-lawyer Minneapolis-based firm, took another hit to its California ope...
Statutory Tools Help Municipalities Redevelop Troublesome Brownfields
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Focus Column - Environmental Law - By Gideon Kracov - Redevelopment of contaminated properties raises the threat of environmen...
Black Robes
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Thelton Henderson recalls being a little taken aback at his introduction to Cecil Poole, the first blac...
Homeless Advocates Sue to Take Back Skid Row
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Homeless advocates have fired back in the war over the gentrification of downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row, where c...
Censorship Of Graduation Speech Found Constitutional
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - School districts may censor graduation speeches, not just to exclude prayers but also to excise any religious...
Case Against Disability Insurer Could be Expanded
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The nation's largest disability insurance company, socked with a $1.5 million verdict for giving the run-arou...
Attorney Can Pursue Suit Against Counsel
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A Century City attorney convicted of trying to blackmail Erin Brockovich can continue with his fraud and breach...
Analyst's Office Faults Davis Budget Plan
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A plan to cuts costs by allowing courts to take competitive bids on security doesn't go far enough, the state Le...
Jury Clears Police in Shooting Death
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A federal jury decided Tuesday that police actions were justified in the 1999 shooting death of Demetrius DuBose,...
County Ban On Gun Show Is Upheld by Circuit Panel
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush White House, the gun lobby, Ivy League scholars and federal judges in New Orleans may think the Seco...